Spike Lee: Summer Of Sam Vs Do The Right Thing Spike Lee's entire career as a filmmaker has focused on illustrating New York City's multiple stories and histories, especially those of the city's diverse African American community. With a mixture of skill and controversy, Spike Lee has put together narratives that combine stories picked from newspaper headlines with others drafted from f

Simba Life Span of Simba In the movies of Lion King, you see the life span of Simba from a baby to becoming married with a child of his own. I chose to focus on Simba’s life once he reached his young adulthood years. He began to develop good friendships with----, and ------. He had also grown independent from his mother and family. Simba had also developed a personal style of life

Simpleton As Wise Man: Tom Hanks As Forrest The Movie: People today view slow people as being stupid and not being able to do anything without the help of others. Forrest Gump falsifies that statement. Tom Hanks does a righteous job in this movie role. Forrest Gump proves that slow people can be viewed as wise men. He tells his life story to perfect strangers, but he does not m

Simpsons “No TV and no beer make Homer something something,” is a classic example of writers of the TV show the Simpsons parodying a classic movie, in this case, The Shining. Parody episodes are one of the three theme based episodes that The Simpsons writers go back to time and time again. The other two theme based episodes are “The Treehouse of Horror Halloween” episodes and the ma

Simpsons A Sociological Approach to the Simpsons I’m going to start off by saying that until now I never actually thought there was a difference in the way those cartoon characters (the Simpsons) were approached, depending on their gender (not that I watched them too often or anything). First of all I’ll have to break the characters in two groups, because you cannot compare old peop

Star Trek Star Trek: The Original series “has been in almost constant reruns for over 15 years in over 140 markets across the US the package of 79 episodes is resold every 2 years. The first 3 films have sold over 900,000 video cassettes and the 79 television episodes have sold anywhere from 15,000 to 40,000 copies each…pocket books have sold more than 300,000 copies of each of the Star

Star Wars Star wars Star Wars, by George Lucas, is a movie that will be excelent forever. The reason for this is that the movie is very symbolic, and the ideas represented in the film are central to human existance -- humans will always believe in some form of the ideas that are in the movie. The most obvious idea that is in the movie is religion. Good versus Evil, Light versu

Star Wars Episode 1 The story is a science fiction story about two Jedi knights, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who were sent to settle the conflict between the Trade Federation and the small planet of Naboo. The Jedi knights arrived to a spaceship where the Trade Federation attacked them. They managed to get to the planet of Naboo where they met one of the residents Jar Jar Binks, who

Sling Blade In the movie “Sling Blade”, directed my Billy Bob Thornton, the whole aspect of what is moral is brought to our attention. A hero is a person noted for special achievement in a field, courageous, helpful, rescues or saves a person. Karl Childers fits the definition of a hero and proves this by saving Frank. Growing up as a child for Karl was hard. His parents were abusive, b

Sling Blade Anaylsis In the 1996 film, Sling Blade, a criminally insane man, Karl (played by Billy Bob Thorton) is released from a mental institution and sent into the world to fend for himself. He finds himself back in his small hometown filled with stereotypes and small-minded people. The film does an amazing job at analyzing his relationships, both new and old. Each of his encounters

Swingers COCKTAILS FIRST, QUESTIONS LATER There are probably print ads of movie reviews, portraying 'Swingers' as a film about a bunch of suave, good-looking guys making the moves on "beautiful babies" (AKA women) in the night life of a what seems to be a fantasy land. However, male bonding may be the worst overrated of movie emotions. For instance, classic scenes like at the end of "

Spy Games Movie Review Tony Scott proves himself as a director in his newest film Spy Game (2001). Although he built his reputation working with top-producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Crimson Tide (1995), his directing talent has been long overlooked due to his more popular older brother, Ridley Scott, until now. Spy Game

Swordfish Analysis Swordfish: Not the Typical Action Packed Thriller In the article “Creating the Myth,” the author Linda Seger tells us what makes a good movie a great movie. Seger points out the hero myth that is portrayed in most movies in one way or another. The hero myth depicts what everyone wants or would like to think is part of his/her daily lives. Whether each of us lives

American Beauty American Beauty American Beauty There continues to be an everyday struggle for us American’s to find out true identities. There are so many people in our society who feel the necessity to be someone they are not, in order to fit in. Only if they had a mirror; then they could look and see the fear and insecurity in their eyes. There are some situations where putting on

American Beauty In the film American Beauty, the characters go through changes, which help some of them find their inner peace. They learn to find what makes them happy in life and what makes them grateful. As each character goes through changes, some of them find a place of happiness while the others sink in misery because they have lost themselves and what they used to live for. Ana

American Beauty..Look Closer A lot of video imagery is used in the film American Beauty with mainly a Sony DV camera and the character Ricky as the voyeur. It brought reality to viewer through Rickys' way of looking at things which was often through the video image. Conrad Hall,( director of photography), for the film American beauty has won Academy Award for his work on the classic w

Subliminal Message Modern advertising companies rely heavily on subliminal messaging to entice their target audiences. Advertisements are often crafted for the purpose of appealing to specific characteristics in the hopes of drawing the attention and appealing to the senses of prospective buyers. Tobacco companies have become notorious for the implementation of such techniques. The image

Survivor Survivor Africa has been entertaining to watch and will be interesting to see how the different episodes relate to the topics discussed throughout the course. It will be interesting to see how the different group dynamics within each tribe collaborates. You have a plethora of different personality types within each tribe. There are young and old members, gender differences, wo

Synthesis If someone does nothing but sit on the couch and watch television all day, they are considered to be a couch potato. The one thing that couch potatoes are really good at is synthesizing things into their head. It is easy for them to do this because they do not have to think much and it requires no effort. Analyzing something is almost the complete opposite. You have to actu

American Graffiti American Graffiti Can you recall the very last night that you spent with your high school buddies before packing your bags up and leaving for college' The film American Graffiti can help you revisit this night by recreating both the terrible and great times you once experienced. The film is based around a closely knit group of teenagers who will all be leavin

The American Dream “The American Dream” is often something that society wonders about. What is the American dream' Many people find success in a variety of things. The world sees successful people with a good job, a nice car and a secretary as something successful. Others think being married, having a wife, a son, a daughter, a dog and a white picket fence as the American dream. All of

Talk Shows.... I remember the first fight on the Jerry Springer show in the early 1990's. The fight started when a man confessed to his girlfriend or wife that he was cheating on her. I remember the look of shock on her face when she jumped up and punched him in the face on nationwide television. I remember her continue to throw blows to his face as two or three large men r

The Big Chill The Big Chill: Symbolism The title of the movie The Big Chill is symbolic of the meeting of the group of adults who have not seen each other in years. It alludes to the circumstances which brought them together as well as their reaction to the meeting. The movie The Big Chill is about a group of adults who were once very close in the past but h

American History X American History X American History X was directed by Tony Kaye and released in 1998. This movie contains many sociological concepts, which will be discussed in this essay. Five of these concepts are Culture in general, Ethnocentrism, Nature vs. Nurture, Looking Glass Self, and Mead’s concept of “I” and “Me”. The story begins with two black men arriving at the

Television If someone does nothing but sit on the couch and watch television all day, they are considered to be a couch potato. The one thing that couch potatoes are really good at is synthesizing things into their head. It is easy for them to do this because they do not have to think much and it requires no effort. Analyzing something is almost the complete opposite. You have to act

Television Television' Watching television is one of the world’s new favorite past times. Ever since the introduction in the 1950’s, television has replaced the need for family interaction. Today people view sitting down and watching TV with their family as being a source of a good family activity. I believe that television can not be a worthwhile activity because, it takes away from y

Television In Society The Effects of Television on Today’s Society Recent studies show that North American’s have more televisions than bathrooms in their homes. Television is a part of everyone’s life, even if you don’t watch it you are surrounded by those who do. Due to this large audience, this form of media can help shape societal development, while enjoying their favourite

Television Influences Behaviors 1. Television influences behaviors, social attitudes and physical health especially in children. Children today spend more time watching television than on any other single leisure activity. In fact, studies have shown that the average child spends more time in front of the television than in school. There are a variety of influences that children gain fro

Television Violence “Unless and until there is unmistakable proof to the contrary, the presumption must be that television is and will be a main factor in influencing the values and moral standards of our society…” (Television 1). It often seems like everywhere one looks, violence rears its ugly head. We see it in the streets, back alleys, school, and even at home. In many peopl

Television: Candy For The Mind Television: Candy for the Mind Although there are benefits to watching television, they do not outweigh the problems it causes. Television itself is not considered good or bad, but rather the way it is used. It can offer benefits such as awareness, information, entertainment, and relaxation. Television can also have negative consequences, which include